This worked fine for me with org 9.2.3 and 9.2.6 with emacs 26.1.

John

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Professor John Kitchin 
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Department of Chemical Engineering
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On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 8:02 AM ian martins <ianxm@jhu.edu> wrote:
Running org-map-entries on an org file with tags results in an infinite loop.

Example function using org-map-entries:

    (defun org-map-entries-test ()
      (interactive)
      (org-map-entries '(lambda () (message "%s" (org-entry-properties (point) 'standard))))
      (message "done"))

Example org file:

    * one
    * two
    * three                                                            :noexport:

expected result: visit each headline once then print "done"
actual result: visits headlines in an infinite loop and never prints "done"

It fails with: Org mode version 9.2.6 (9.2.6-elpa @ /home/ian/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.2.6/)
It works with: Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @ /usr/share/emacs/24.5/lisp/org/)
It also works if the org file has no tags.


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
 of 2017-09-20 on lcy01-07, modified by Debian
Package: Org mode version 9.2.6 (9.2.6-elpa @ /home/ian/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.2.6/)

current state:
==============
(setq
 org-table-export-default-format "orgtbl-to-csv"
 org-hide-leading-stars 'hidestars
 org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
                      org-babel-header-arg-expand)
 org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate
                          org-babel-speed-command-activate)
 org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
 org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
 org-log-done t
 org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-startup-folded 'content
 org-from-is-user-regexp "\\<ian\\>"
 org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
                     org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
 org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
 org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
 org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append
                    local]
                   5 "\n\n(fn)"]
                 #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [add-hook change-major-mode-hook
                    org-babel-show-result-all append local]
                   5 "\n\n(fn)"]
                 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
 org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300.\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"]
 org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe)
 org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees
                  org-cycle-show-empty-lines
                  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
 org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("python" . "py") ("java" . "java")
                              ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el"))
 org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
 org-link-parameters '(("id" :follow org-id-open)
                       ("eww" :follow eww :store org-eww-store-link)
                       ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store
                        org-rmail-store-link)
                       ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store
                        org-mhe-store-link)
                       ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store
                        org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export)
                       ("info" :follow org-info-open :export
                        org-info-export :store org-info-store-link)
                       ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store
                        org-gnus-store-link)
                       ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export
                        org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link)
                       ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store
                        org-bibtex-store-link)
                       ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export
                        org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link
                        :store org-bbdb-store-link)
                       ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys")
                       ("file+emacs") ("doi" :follow org--open-doi-link)
                       ("elisp" :follow org--open-elisp-link)
                       ("file" :complete org-file-complete-link)
                       ("ftp" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "ftp:" path))))
                       ("help" :follow org--open-help-link)
                       ("http" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "http:" path))))
                       ("https" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "https:" path))))
                       ("mailto" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "mailto:" path)))
                        )
                       ("news" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "news:" path))))
                       ("shell" :follow org--open-shell-link))
 org-babel-load-languages '((java . t) (python . t) (emacs-lisp . t)
                            (calc . t) (org . t) (screen . t) (dot . t)
                            (plantuml . t) (gnuplot . t))
 org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
 )